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Description of a New Species of Eupterote(Eupterote) from Sulawesi ZOBODAT - www.zobodat.at Zoologisch-Botanische Datenbank/Zoological-Botanical Database Digitale Literatur/Digital Literature Zeitschrift/Journal: Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo Jahr/Year: 2010 Band/Volume: 31 Autor(en)/Author(s): Nässig Wolfgang A., Holloway Jeremy D., Beeke Martin Artikel/Article: Description of a new species of Eupterote (Eupterote) from Sulawesi (Indonesia) (Lepidoptera: Eupterotidae) 197-200 Nachr. entomol. Ver. Apollo, N. F. 31 (4): 197–200 (2011) 197 Description of a new species of Eupterote­(Eupterote) from Sulawesi (Indonesia) (Lepidoptera: Eupterotidae) Wolfgang A. Nässig1, Jeremy D. Holloway and Martin Beeke Dr. Wolfgang A. Nässig, Entomologie II, Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Senckenberganlage 25, D­60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany; [email protected] Dr. Jeremy D. Holloway, Department of Entomology, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, United Kingdom; [email protected] Martin Beeke, Buchhofstrasse 33, D­32351 Stemwede, Germany Abstract: Further data on the Eupterotidae fauna of the barcode­bas ed studies on the Eu pte ro t i dae of Asia; the In do ne si an is lands of Sulawesi and Bu ton is provided. A pre sent pa per is a preliminary pub li ca tion to de scribe a Eupterote new nocturnal species of the ge nus Hübner, 1820 clearly un named and easily re cog niz ed new spe cies from [“1816”], nominotypical sub ge nus, is described: Eupterote (Eu pterote) celebica sp. n. (ho lo ty pe male in SMFL, Frank­ Sulawesi in advance of the revisions. Re vi sio n al no tes on furt am Main) from Su la we si Selatan, Tanah Toraja, Pu lu the entire group, based on the results of our stu dies, will Pu lu, ca. 1800 m. Both se xes, the pattern and colour vari abi­ be pub li sh ed later. lity of the males and the male genitalia of the new spe cies are described and il lus trat ed. Holloway (1987) described and illustrated the Eupt e­ ro t idae from Borneo. Näs sig & Schulze (2007) recently Key words: Bombycoidea, Bu ton Island, Bu tung Island. described a new spe cies of the genus Eupterote Hübner, Beschreibung einer neuen Art von Eupterote­(Eu­pte­rote) 1820 [“1816”], subge nus Eupterote, from Sula wesi pro­ von Sulawesi (Indonesien) (Lepidoptera: Eupte ro tidae) per, in which the ♂♂ have a special diurnal life habit. Zusammenfassung: Weitere Informationen über die Eupt e­ The present pa per deals with an externally distinctive ro ti den fau na von Sulawesi und Bu ton werden gegeben. Hier nocturnal spe cies; a fur ther spe cies will be considered wird eine neue Art der Gattung Eupterote Hübner, 1820 [“1816”], nominotypisches Sub ge nus, beschrieben: Eu pterote in the near future within the wider revision mentioned (Eupterote) celebica sp. n. (Ho lo ty pus Männchen in SMFL, above. An other re cent pub li ca tion covered the Ga ni­ Frankfurt am Main) von Sulawesi Selatan, Tanah Tora ja, sa spe cies of Su la we si (Näs sig et al. 2009), and fur ther Pu lu Pulu, ca. 1800 m. Bei de Geschlechter, die Va ri a tions­ pa pers focusing on Sulawesi are in pre pa ra tion. breite der Männchen und die männlichen Ge ni ta li en der neuen Art werden be schrie ben und abgebildet. Abbreviations and conventions Abbreviations of collections: Introduction CSLL Collection Swen Löffler, Lichtenstein (Sachsen), Ger­ The higher systematics (at the family, subfa mi ly and tri­ ma ny. CMBS Collection Martin Beeke, Stemwede, Germany (for mer ly bal levels) and phylogeny of the fa mi ly Eu pte ro t i dae is Hille/CMBH). still not reli ab ly resolved and is at pre sent under re search CMWM Collection Museum Thomas Witt, München (Munich); (see Ober prieler et al. 2003, Näs sig & Ober prie ler 2007, assigned to ZSM, Munich, Germany. 2008, Zwick 2008, Zwick et al. 2010). For the problems CWAN Collection Wolfgang A. Nässig, now in SMFL. with the names for this family see Nässig & Ober prie­ SMFL Lepidoptera collection in the Senckenberg­Museum, ler (2007); a catalogue of the genera of the fa mi ly was Frank furt am Main (with the number of the Lepi do pte ra compiled by Nässig & Ober prie ler (2008). type catalogue of the Senckenberg­Mu seum), Ger many. With respect to Eupterotidae, the Indo nes ian is land of ZSM Zoologische Staatssammlung, München (Munich), Ger­ many. Su la we si is still something of a “terra in cog nita” (com­ pare Nässig & Schulze 2007, Näs sig et al. 2009). Ear li er Measurements: au thors, such as Swin hoe (1901, 1904) and Nieu wen­ lfw. Length of the forewing [mm], measured in a straight line huis (1948), de scribed only single species from smal ler from the base of the wing to the most distant point of the islands close to Sula wesi (Swin hoe: Salayar Is land; Nieu­ apex, without the width of the thorax and with out the tegulae. wen huis: Bang gai Archi pe la go, Peleng), but not from the AL An ten nal length [mm]. main island of Sula wesi. Further mate ri al of this family LR Longest rami [mm] of the antenna (not measured in of bom by coid moths has come to hand ra ther recently ♀♀). (see, e.g., Holloway et al. 2001: pl. 2, fig. 5), ei ther from S.D. One standard deviation. sci en tific expeditions espe cially de di cat ed to the study max. Maximum value mea sur ed [mm]. of the insect fauna of Sulawesi or from In do ne si an insect min. Mi nimum va lue measured [mm]. tra ders. n Number of specimens measured. To our surprise, the mater ial re cent ly obtained from Other abbreviations and conventions: Su la wesi proper near ly always ap pears to be distinct fw. forewing(s). at the species level from older ma te ri al from adjacent GP no. dissection/genitalia slide no. (Genital prä pa ra te num­ is lands. We are presently preparing geni ta lia and DNA mer), ex CWAN, now in SMFL, if not stated otherwise. 1 Studies in Eupterotidae, no. 12. (No. 11 see: Nässig, W. A., & Bouyer, T. (2010): A new Pseudojana species from Flores, Indonesia (Le pi do pte ra: Eu pte ro t i dae). — Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo, Frankfurt am Main, N.F. 30 (4): 205–208.) © Entomologischer Verein Apollo e. V., Frankfurt am Main 198 1a 1b 2a 3a 3b 4a 2b 4b 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 8a 8b 9a Figs. 1–9: Eupterote (Eupterote) celebica sp. n. from Sulawesi, specimens. Fig. 1: HT ♂, SMFL. Fig. 2: PT ♂, bright yellowish form, CMBS. Fig. 3: PT ♂, another yel low ish form, CWAN. Fig. 4: PT ♂, dark form with little contrast, CWAN. Fig. 5: PT ♂, dark, contrasting form. Fig. 6: PT ♂, bright brown form with little con trast. Fig. 7: PT ♂, bright brown form without pattern. Fig. 8: PT ♀, CWAN. Fig. 9: PT ♀, CSLL. — Always: a = ups., b = uns. (not always uns. shown). Photo graphs W. Nässig, except Fig. 9a (S. Löffler). — Scales are different: Figs. 1a–4a and 8a–9a are approximately natural size, while Figs. 4b–7a are smaller; scale bars = 1 cm. HT holotype. PT paratype(s). hw. hindwing(s). uns. underside. l.t. locus typicus. ups. upperside. © Entomologischer Verein Apollo e. V., Frankfurt am Main 199 Descriptive part Description and diagnosis A complete list of the taxa of Eupterote Hüb ner, 1820 Measurements, ♂♂: HT: Lfw. = 37 mm, AL = 11 mm, LR = 1.75 (“1816”) described from Su la we si and ad ja cent smaller mm. All ♂♂ (PTs and HT combined, n = 18), averages: Lfw. = 39.72 ± 2.47 mm (min. = 36 mm, max. = 44 mm). AL = 11.25 ± 0.5 mm is lands will follow in the revision. The species ap pa rent ly (max. = 12 mm, min. = 11 mm), LR = 1.88 ± 0.10 mm (min. = all be long to the sub ge nus Eu pte rote (Eu pte ro te), ac cord­ 1.75 mm, max. = 2.0 mm) (n = 4). — ♀♀: both identical data: Lfw. = ing to the pre s ent clas si fi ca tion (com pare Näs sig 1989, 51 mm, AL = 12 mm (n = 2). 1995, 2000, Näs sig & Schul ze 2007). ♂. Antenna bipectinate (both rami per segment ven tral ly inserting, covered with tiny hairs), shaft densely scaled Eupterote­(Eupterote)­celebica sp. n. on dorsal side, scales usu al ly flatly adhering; with some Holotype: ♂, “Indonesia, Sulawesi Selatan, Tanah Toraja, speck led pattern: some scales dark, others (the ma jo ri ty) Pu lu Pulu, ca. 1800 m, vii. 1995, leg. einheim. Fänger, ex coll. brighter. S. Nau mann (A)”; in coll. CWAN in SMFL, GP­no. 2133/10 WAN, SMFL­no. 4264. Fig. 1. Wing pattern quite variable, in yellowish to brownish Paratypes (in total 17 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀): Sulawesi: 8 ♂♂, same data to nes, with more or less strong contrast between the dif­ as HT, 1 GP 1414/00 WAN (Figs. 4, 6, 7); 1 ♂, same data, fer ent pattern elements, with only two different colours 1200 m, v. 1996, leg. local collectors, via U. Pauk stadt; 1 ♂, or several colours (see colour pictures, Figs. 1–7). Se la tan, Kalewakan, iv. 1996, leg. local col lec tors, via U. Pauk­ stadt, GP 1413/00 WAN; 1 ♂, Selatan, Sam puna, ca. 1000 m, v. 1996, leg. local collectors, via U. Pauk stadt (Fig. 5); 3 ♂♂ (Fig. 3), 1 ♀ (Fig. 8), Gren ze Süd­/Zen tral­ [sic], Gunung Sampuraga, ca. 500 m Stich stra ße zur Telecomstation, ca.
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